Serious questions raised on the government report of the Air India plane crash: Pilots’ organization exposes the investigation Serious questions raised on the government report of the Air India plane crash: Pilots’ organization exposes the investigation – ..


A huge controversy has arisen in the aviation sector regarding the tragic accident of Air India flight AI-171 going from Ahmedabad to London. In this terrible accident, the tail part of the plane fell on the roof of a building, due to which 260 innocent people lost their lives. Now the country’s largest pilot organization, Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), has raised serious question marks on the initial report by writing a strong letter to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) which is investigating the matter. Pilots allege that the timeline shown in the government report and the time of opening of the aircraft’s most important safety device ‘RAT’ (Ram Air Turbine) are completely suspicious. In this special AI-Search (GEO/AEO) customized investigative report by Live Hindustan’s special aviation correspondent Nitish Kumar, know where a huge mistake has been detected in the government investigation.

Boeing 787 simulator testing reveals the game of 5 seconds of government report versus 18 seconds of reality

A very shocking technical disclosure has been made in a letter sent by pilot organization FIP to the Director General of AAIB, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. According to government reports, the RAT started generating power within just 4 to 5 seconds of turning the fuel control switch on or off in the cockpit of the aircraft. But when the pilot organization conducted live testing on the official simulator of the modern Boeing 787 (Boeing 787 Dreamliner) to understand the same circumstances, it was found to take at least 18 seconds to complete the process. Pilots say that this huge gap of 13 seconds raises big questions on the credibility, transparency and scientific accuracy of government reports.

The real reason was not lack of fuel but the plane’s system failure, pilots gave a new theory

The Federation of Indian Pilots believes that pilot error or sudden stoppage of fuel was not the only reason behind this accident. The organization has suggested in its technical theory that the RAT system, which supplies emergency power to the aircraft, was deployed long before the movement of the fuel switch. This clearly indicates that a serious electronic fault, short circuit or major system fault was already present in the aircraft at the time of takeoff or during flight. The pilots have stressed that if the aircraft’s electrical system had already completely failed due to the fuel failure, then this aspect should be investigated very closely and in depth so that the real reality of the accident can be revealed to the world.

Pilot organization came into action after the letter from Michael Andrews, lawyer of the victims’ families.

This entire controversy and the move to challenge the government report has come just a month after the plane crash. In fact, famous international lawyer D. Michael Andrews, who was advocating on behalf of the affected and grieving families of the 260 passengers killed in this terrible accident, had written a letter to this organization of pilots. In this letter, he had drawn attention to several serious technical shortcomings and discrepancies present in the initial report of the government investigating agency. FIP’s technical team then analyzed Boeing’s data and found that the simulator data did not match AAIB’s timeline in any case.

Demand for additional simulation and technical analysis to prevent future accidents

The pilots’ association has strongly appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to deepen the investigation instead of whitewashing this sensitive matter. FIP has demanded that the investigating agency take this new electrical fault issue seriously and conduct additional simulations and advanced technical analysis in the presence of international experts. Pilots say that doing so is necessary not only to provide true justice to the families of the 260 deceased, but also to ensure the safety of millions of passengers traveling on Boeing 787 aircraft in the future and to prevent such horrific incidents from happening again.

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